chasteness

English

Etymology

From Middle English chastnesse; equivalent to chaste +‎ -ness.

Noun

chasteness (usually uncountable, plural chastenesses)

  1. The state of being chaste; chastity
    • 1805, Emily Clark, The banks of the Douro:
      The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself
    • 2005, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Ancient West & East:
      Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability

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